I'd say no. It's more like the Little Wing intro, Mike plays around the chords E B A E over and over. The little bit in the middle *is* a solo, where he leaves the chord progression to Stone and Jeff, and then no longer hits the bass notes on the E string.

I defitively go for Alive on this one. It is the solo that defined Pearl Jam for me, or Mike's style more accurately: it must be the first solo I've ever learnt with AC/DC's Highway to Hell. There are a lot of licks that you can use ad nauseum: the double stops, the bends on the G string while holding a note on the B string (forgot the name...), the "Five to One / She" lick... It's classical E minor pentatonic (with additional notes of course, myxolidian mode or whatever, I've never understood this stuff !), but the basics are here ! It's got an epic vibe that totally fits the song and gives an uplifting ending, that became with years a celebration during the live shows, with the famous "yeahs !".

Glorified G is another great solo, there are some classical Mike's licks in it (the hammer on's round the 10th fret are often heard in live shows for other songs), D major scale (always nice to hear something else than a classical minor).

Yellow Ledbetter plays in another category, it's a nod to Hendrix (it reminds me a lot of And the Wind Cries Mary) for a whole song, I hardly consider the end as a solo (even I love the 2000 versions with the delay or the various tags).

Remember that night we discussed the kitchen table?

sure, that would work out great.

oh, if we're doing shitty Yield songs you should include Wishlist.

she's got a jigsaw puzzle on it

this made me laugh out loud

it's not funny

Out of these two: Alive

Out of all PJ songs: Nothing as it seems

So far I'm the only one that hasn't picked from the two top choices. I didn't pick the first two because I cannot choose. And I did not pick the third one because I think there are others out there that are adding to my ability (or lack of) to choose.

It has to be YL, but Black is my favorite Mike song.

Why Go

Now that's kinky!

This was tough, but I have to say Yellow Ledbetter.

Yellow Ledbetter because Mike does so much with it sometimes. Alive is awesome though.

Listen to the solo from The Doors' Five to one... then listen to the Alive solo... Interesting, eh?

I heard from somewhere he was consciously borrowing from that at the start of the Alive solo.

neither

Nice contribution, pal.

Alive. It's the song that made me a fan.

i don't understand the need for the ellipsis in these threads.

YL.

But when come to solos, i found Riot Act to be the strongest album.

Nope. That's just a basic riff. If you count that, you'd have to count the little intro from Alive (also the main riff).

I'd have to go with Yellow Ledbetter actually. But only because of the things Mike does to it. The improv is simply amazing.

This thread made me think of the "Come Back" solo.